In the week or 2 before Zach's birthday, he looked through the little Fisher Price magazine that we got in the mail and picked out many things he would like. But of all the things he saw, he was most fixated on the "the penguin thing." The "penguin thing" was a baby toy that looked like it had balls included with it, but was made for an 18 month old. We told him he was too old for it, but he insisted that " I am a toddawer!" and just had to have it. For days he would walk around saying, "Can we go buy the penguin thing?" Finally we told our friend Ashley about it when she asked what he wanted for his birthday and se went and got it. Below you can see the video of him opening the "penguin thing" and how excited he was.
Once he got it home and opened, he discovered that it has balls inside it, but you can't get them out. It is filled with air and has a heavy base so when you hit it, it wobbles and stands back up. He hit it a couple of times and said, "What else does it do?" I was feeling bad that and thinking after he had wanted this sooo bad from the picture, he would be really disappointed. However, I think that he had wanted it so much, that he decided he was going to like it no matter what and would find ways to make it fun. I'm pretty sure that the manufacturers were not thinking of the ways he would toss it around when they were making it. :-) In the next video, you can see him playing and wrestling with the penguin. Since it is a baby toy, he decided that he should do his "baby cry" while playing with it....
Last week he made good on his promise to share it with baby Nate when they came over to play. He is still playing with it too, though not as much as the first day. I was proud of him for not getting down about it not meeting his expectations but making the best of it instead.
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